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WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1935. Harris Compelled to Rely on Rookie Coppola as Regular at Season’s Start KID DUE FORTEST AGAINST CHICUBS | Whitehill, Burke, Stewart,| Weaver, Linke Also Are Listed as Starters. CH!CAGO. April 6.—Not a have pitched over a nine- 10 days from now. An unprecedented Harris’ plans for the priming of the prevented a second meeting with the days. turns before the currént homeward sible and now he says he must con- the training period. Harris said today. “It is too bad, but | ers could not get the necessary work “If we get a fair break in the! | had will hurt us, however. The| ris added, “maybe they’ll be all the | ing when we get down to the July BY JOHN B. KELLER, member of the Washington inning route when the American interruption of the Spring exhibition Nationals’ boxmen. Colonels, so the Nationals have been Bucky had hoped to have several barnstorming tour was over, but tinue to employ at least two pitchers “There isn't a chance of bresking there still remains much for every | should I attempt to use but one in| weather after we get home next week pitchers are in pretty good trim de- stronger for the lay-off, while some of | games.” Staft Correspondent of The Star. ball club’s pitching pack will League season opens in the Capital schedule by rain has ruined Manager | A downpour in Louisville yesterday in only three games in the last eight of the veteran hurlers get nine-inning weather conditions made this impos- | to a game right down to the finish of the present policy of using pitchers,” man in the squad to do and the pitch- | some of the remaining games. I don’t believe the poor trip we have spite infrequent workouts,” and, Har- | those on the other clubs will be wilt- | Which is looking plenty far ahead. I The Current “Big Six.” ‘ ITCHERS to be particularly primed | for the bigger business ahead are Earl Whitehill, Bob Burke and' Walter Stewart of the left-handed crew, and Monte Weaver, Ed Linke | and the recruit, Henry Coppola, of the | right-handed section of the squad.| As Harris today outlined his pitching | plans for the remainder of the exhi- | bition series he indicated that this| sextet probably will constitute the| National's starting corps as the championship campaign gets under wa) y. So it looks as if the manager has decided he must gamble heavily with his pitching choices. Of this group | only Whitehill, Burke and Coppola appear well advanced in a pitching way as well as physically. Stewart has yet to prove under fire that the | years have not taken so much toll of | his arm as to make him of little use to his club. The veteran has trained faithfully and looks in pretty good trim, but that bad record of last sea- son cannot be discounted just now. Coppola rates first of the nght‘ handers at present, although Weaver | and Linke have appeared to advan- | tage in the Spring tussles. ‘Whether | Coppola really deserves this rating | may be learned tomorrow when he does the major portion of the pitch- ing against the Cribs in the wind-up of the series here. Should Weaver show that his lack of weight is no handicap, and Linke that the arm that went “dead” for months is not likely to suffer a re- lapse, the Nationals would be well fortified on the hill even with a re- cruit like Coppola filling in occasion- ally. But Weaver and Linke must come through if the Washington ball club is to keep well up in the cham- pionship running. J other right-handers of the curv- ing corps, are to be assigned to the reserve squad. In Thomas' case | this was the original plan, but Rus- sell's failure to recover rapidly from a cold that attacked him when he was about at peak physically has zorely disappointed Manager Harris. ‘The pilot had looked to Russell as a likely starter of games this year and at the Biloxi camp the tall twirler was groomed with that idea in mind. Now it seems Jack is out of the start- ing picture definitely. Leon Pettit, southpaw brought up from the Chattanooga farm, is des- tined to stick around the Nationals for some time. A minor league vet- €ran, he knows the pitching game. Although possessing no extraordinary ability, he is of the kind that lets the head make up for much that the arm may lack and there is a place for such a pitcher on almost any big league ball club, The Lookouts soon may get Syd Cohen, another left- hander they sent up last year. He does not appear to have major league quality. ‘Those in charge of the Nationals are not banking upon Bump Hadley at this time. Perhaps they would be more interested should he make a respectable showing against the Pirates as he hurls in the game at Chattanooga tomorrow. But it would take even more than that to convince Bucky Harris and the other officials of the Nationals that the chunky chucker brought back from the Browns has the goods. ‘They can't forget that Bump kept mum about that sore arm while they were dickering with the St. Louis elub for his transfer. 'ACK RUSSELL and Al Thomas, the | French to Face Griffs. CHICAGO, April 6 (B,—Chlclgo fans had their first chance today to see how they like Larry French and Freddie Lindstrom, obtained from Pittsburgh for Guy Bush and Jim ‘Weaver, in Cub uniforms. Prench, the “Cubs’ first starting southpaw in years, was Manager Charlie Grimm’s choice to oppose the ‘Washington Senators ‘in the first of a two-game series. Lindstrom, to date, is the regular third baseman. FINALE TO BOLLING. Bolling Field’s basket ball quint closed its season in grand style last night when it upset Mitchel Field, 35 to 34, in a hotly contested game played in the local aviators’ gym- nasium. Anderson and Shields scored Sports Program In Local Realm TODAY. Base Ball. Long Island U. vs. George Wash- ington, at Griffith Stadium, 3. Western at Augusta Military Academy. Culpeper High at Episcopal High. Golf. Rollins vs. Georgetown, Congres= sional Club, 11:30. Roosevelt vs. Club. Western vs. Tech, Indian Spring. Boxing. Olympic A. C. vs. picked team from Baltimore and Washington, amateurs, Washington Auditorium, 8:30. Central, Manor Hand Ball. National A. A. U. singles and doubles finals. 'S AND PHILLIES START GITY TILTS Mahaffey and Johnson Due to Oppose—Simmons Out of Batting Slump. By the Associated Press. HILADELPHIA, April 6—With | the weather man’s permlssiol'l the Phillies and Athletics pry open the lid on major league base ball in Philadelphia today in the first game of their annual five- game city series. Connie Mack probably will call on | | Roy Mahaffey to start the game for the A's with Al Benton in reserve, while Jimmy Wilson will start the veteran Syl Johnson and hold “Curt” Davis in reserve for the Phils. FORT WORTH, Tex.—Al Simmons’ annual Spring batting slump, which has been worrying Manager Jimmy Dykes and the rest of the White Sox, | apparently has ended ahead of sched- ule. A week ago Simmons said he would start worrying if he hadn't started | hitting by April 7. He started with | 2 double in two times at bat Thurs- day, and yesterday helped defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 380-foot homer, and a double which hit the 400-foot distant center field fence. BIRMINGHAM, Ala—Lou Gehrig's | batting average still is a puny affair but the New York Yankee first base- man can’t say he isn't getting on hase. He has been passed 10 times in the last three games, drawing four walks in a row in the exhibition with Birmingham yesterday. Cronin’s Injury Worries. IRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Red Sox are a bit worried about Man- ager Joe Cronin’s wrist. It is bothering him again. Joe thinks the damp weather encountered | during the Atlanta stop-over is re- sponsible and believes a few dry days will find the stiffness gone. CHARLESTON, S. C. Tigers and the Cincinnati Reds re- sume their Spring barnstorming bat- tles today, with all eyes on Hank Greenberg. teammates on base at Savannah, Ga., yesterday, the Tigers’ first baseman failed to connect. The Reds won, 1-0. Tommy Bridges allowed only four hits. It was the first time a Tiger pitcher has gone the route this season. NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 6 (#).— The Cleveland Indians will try to get |in an exhibition game with the Nash- ville Volunteers today if the sun will shine for a change. It rained all day yesterday, washing out the first scheduled game with the Volunteers. Lefty Lee is scheduled to pitch for the Indians. JONES’ OKLAHOMA U. SOJOURN IS LIMITED War Department Regulations to Allow Him to Coach There Only Two Seasons. By the Associated Press. KLAHOMA CITY, April 6—The Board of Regents of the Uni- versity of Oklahoma yesterday voted unanimously to empioy Law- rence “Biff” Jones of Louisiana State as head foot ball coach. BATON ROUOEL La., April 6 (#)— Capt. Lawrence M. (Biff) Jones said he was “glad” to hear of his selection a5 head foot ball coach at the Uni- vetsity of Oklahoma, and that he was ready to leave to take up the assign- ment_whenever ordered to do so by the War Department. said he had been advised by Adjt. Gen. “Biff” Jones, Louisiana foot ball to Oklahoma University. Formal action approving the trans- fer was taken at the War Depart- ment. Jones is likely to remain at his new Oklahoma post only two years. Army regulations are re- spomible War Department officials said that Jones already has served nearly two years at L. 8. U, and that regulations requiring duty with troops every, four | Lef years would mean he would be trans- ferred from Oklahoma at the end of that period. Mat Matches By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA.—Dan O’Mahoney, 216, Ireland, threw Alphonse Bisig- nano, 212, Des Moines, Iowa, 20:30. DETROIT.—Charles (Midget) Fis- cher, 171, New York, and Bert Rubi, 174, Hungary, drew, one fall each. DES MOINES. — Ed (Strangler) Lewis. 250, Glendale, Calif., defeated 25 of Bolling Field’s points between them. ! ° Lou Plummer, 235, Chicago, two out of three falls. oy .—The Detroit | In four trips to the plate with| Representative Lee of Oklahoma |§ James M. McKinley that Capt. James | 1 o> coach, had been ordered transferred |yop, 10 FACE BROWNS Cards, With a Lone Change Over 1934, Out to Win City Series Opener. By the Associated Press. T. LOUIS, April 6.—Base ball comes back to St. Louis today for the first time this season, when the Browns and the Car- dinals meet in the first game of their annual Spring series. Manager Frank Frisch, hoping for a good start for the Red Birds, will pitch Paul Dean. Rogers Hornsby is countering with Fay Thomas, last year with Los Angeles, where he won 28 games while losing only 4. The Cardinals, with one exception, will present .the same line-up that carried the team to its world cham- pionship last year. Terry Moore, who came to the club from Columbus, will start in center field in place of Ernie Orsatti. Hornsby, on the other hand, will present three new faces. In addition to Thomas, Roy “Beau” Bell, late of Galveston, will play right field, and Johnny Burnett, ex-Cleveland in- fielder, will probably start at either second or short. Six games will be played in the series, the longest since 1921, ! Giants to Prune Squad. EMPHIS—BIll Terry’s pruning knife is expected to shave three rookies off the New York Giants’ roster in the next few days. Indications are that First Baseman | Joe Malay, Third Baseman Joe Mar= tin and Second Baseman Al Cucci- nello will be sent to the Nashville club of the Southern Association. ORLANDO, Fla—The Brooklyn Dodgers’ latest exhibition game was accompanied by some bad as well as good news. Van Mungo, great right hander, started against Montreal yes- terday but had to retire with a pulled muscle in his right shoulder. Lefty Clark went in, allowed one unearned run and looked better than he has all Spring. FORT WORTH, Tex—After using up two pitchers in getting a licking from the Chicago White Sox, Manager | Pie Traynor of the Pittsburgh Pirates | called on the veteran Waite Hoyt to go seven innings against Fort Worth teday. NORFOLK, Va.—The Braves play Norfolk today, then on to Newark. Manager Bill McKechnie is rather disappointed. Jordan, holdout first baseman, would stop in for a chat before the Tribe moved out to Fayetteville, N. C. Jor- dan didn’t show up. CHARLESTON, 8. C., April 6 (#).— Coming from Savannah, the Cincin- nati Reds were to continue their 11- day “war” with the Detroit Tigers, here today, heartened by a neat 1-to-0 victory yesterday. TERPS'THIRD WIN BOOSTS SLABBING Loker, Soph, and Merryman, Reserve, Hurl Well in Beating Harvard. UNIVERSITY OF MARY- LAND had more than its third straight base ball vic- tory to boost its stock today as the diamonders rested after con- secutive wins over Coraell (twice) and Harvard. Having employed his two mound aces, Vic Willis and Steve Physioc, against Cornell, Coach Burton Ship- ley yesterday trotted out a sopho- more hurler and a junior second- string pitcher and watched them set down Harvard with five hits, while the Old Liners recorded an 8-to-2 triumph on the College Park dia- mcnd. Fred Loker, the sophomore, started the game and pitched no-hit ball until the fifth inning, when he was touched for four safeties and both of Harvard’s runs. Nick Merryman replaced the sophomore at this point and gave up only one hit the rest of the way. Poor support ruined Martin Vie- tor, the Cambridge twirler. Victor gave up 10 hits, but many were in- fleld bingles, His mates helped Mary- land’s cause with nine errors. Maryland scored one run in the second frame and two more in the third inning before clinching the game in the sixth with five tallies, ending the day’s scoring. Score: Maryland. Ab.H. Soth’ & o Sl oonouuowms: o > >0t 25 gRE S 2 a IS (o PRS- 3 < .al cwocsmsonn? E=r w-.«u»»u» | nooroommesns | msmiisosmasrg P b. 3 Vior s Totals.30 52¢ 9 + 000 020 000—2 Maryland . 012 005 00x—8 Runs—S8othoton (2), Keller. McAboy (2), Daly. Willis, Merriman, Owen, Ma- nnre Errors—Stonebraker, _ Adzigian, oodrutf, Gwen Fitzpatrick. Hovenanian, Maguite @ Hayes: Two-base hit Stifasulre. Sacrifiées—Stonebraker. T "Daly. Stolen bases—Keller. McAboy. Woodruff. Double play—Loker to Sothoron to Willis. Left on blus—Ml"llndv (L Harvard, 5. First base on ball: er. 3 off M riman, 1. Struck P Merriman, 2; by Victor. Loker, in 4 ‘innings. ning pitcher— Loker. ’ HERNDON WINS OPENER Smith Is Big Factor in Defeat of Falls Church, 4-2. HERNDON, Va, April 6—Billy Smith led Herndon High School’s base ball team to a 4-to-2 victory over Falls Church High here in the opening game of the Fairfax County League le. In addition to pitching three-hit ball, Smith made two of Herndon’s six tripling. safeties, dmhl!nlfd : ] D8l e 3. ball—] ompire—Mr. SDpI. He had hoped Buck | Here are four of the five leather pushers the Olympic Athletic Club will enter in the A. A. U. boxing championships in the Missouri metropolis. Prom left to right are Steve Thompson, 147 pounds; Willie Feary, 135; PAUL DEAN PmKEn To Seek National Ring Honors in St. Louis Tournament Matt Twomey, coach; Lou Gevinson, 126, and Eddie Saugstad, 118. Danny de Rosa, 112, will complete the part Thompson, will compete in the all-star amateur boxing show at the Auditorium tonight. y. Two of the gang, Gevinson and —Star Smfl' Phou) WOOD MAY SHOOT Not Being Worried by Bridge Hazard. By the Associated Press. IAMI BEACH, Fla., April 6.— Gar Wood, gray-haired mas- ter of motor boat racing, scanned the sky today for weather signs preparatory to putting his Miss America X into Indian Creek for a try at a new world water speed record. Wood was optimistic over the pros- pect of setting a new standard higher than the 124.36 miles an hour he made in 1933 with the Miss America IX. He hadn’t the slightest apprehension over the fact that on the present rec- ord course he must run between two speed of around 120 miles an hour. He must make two runs, one north and one south, with the average elapsed time on the two being used to compute his average two-way speed. His 38-foot craft is powered by 48 cylinders, which develop 7,400 horse- power. With weather ideal, Wood expected to have the new record in the bag be- fore going to lunch. Should Wood break his record on salt water today, he planned imme- diately to ship his boat to Algonac, Mich,, to try it on a fresh-water course, in order to determine what ad- vantage one has over the other, if any, on speed boating. .- SOLDIER NINE ALL SET. The Fort Humphreys base ball nine is set for its opening game tomorrow in Alexandria with the St. Mary’s Celtics following the return to first base of Thomas Sullivan. The sol- diers are scheduled to face the Celtics at 2:30 o'clock in Baggett's Stadium. LITTLE NOW A COLONEL. FRANKFORT, Ky., April 6 (#)— Lou Little, foot ball' coach at Co- lumbia University, has been com- missioned a colonel on the staff of Gov. Ruby Laffoon. Exhibition Games By the Assoclated Press. Yesterday’s Results. L)Branoklyn (N.), 6; Montreal (I New York (A.), 12; Birmingham (S.A), 7. Cincinnati (N.), 1; Detroit (A.), 0. Atlanta (S. A), 4; Boston (A), 2, six innings, rain. Chicago (A.), 14; Pittsburgh (N.), 5. Boston (N.), 6; North Carolina State College, 2 (six innings). Today’s Schedule. At Chicago—Chicago ‘Washington (A.). At Orlando—Brooklyn (N.) Montreal (I. L.). At Memphis—New York (N.) vs. Memphis (8. A.). At St. Louis—St. Louis (A.) vs. St. Louis (N.). At Fort Worth—Pittsburgh (N.) vs. Chicago (A.). At Philadelphia—Philadelphia (N.) vs. Philadelphia (A.). At Charleston—Cincinnati (N.) vs. Detroit (A.). At Norfolk—Boston (N.) vs. Nor- folk (P. L.). Birmingham (8. A.). At Nashville—Cleveland (A) vs. Nashville (S. A.). At Atlanta—New York (A.) vs. At- lanta (8. *-). (N) vs. V8. AT RECORD TODAY {Optimistic Over Prospects, | pilings of a bridge 30 feet apart at a | . | well have been a 66 or a 65. | Just too Many Big UGUSTA, Ga., April 6.—For! A the first nine holes of the sec- | ond round of the Masters'| Tournament yesterday Bobby | Jones fed the field the dust that he once threw in his day of rulership. But after that initial salvo in front of a big gallery, Bobby faltered as the | | flying leaders kept up a blazing pace | that came near burning up the Au-| gusta national course. You could hardly see the dogwood. | the wistaria and the azalea blooms for the smoke that Henry Picard raised as he added a 68 to his 67 of the day| before. The tall, willowy entry from | Pennsylvania, standing 6 feet 3 inches | above the green turf, led one of the| fastest fields in the world by a mar- gin of four strokes as the parade moved into the third round. In hot pursuit were Gene Sarazen and Ray Mangrum at 139, Olin Dutra | and Jimmy Hines at 140, Craig Wood | at 141, with Walter Hagen, Paul Run- | yan and Bill Goggin at 142. Hagen, the old master, came roaring back in 38 strokes to gather in a 69. “I guess T'd better step in to prove that the old-timers still are on the | map,” he told me as he started out. | He peeled three strokes off par as he | finished with a broad grin in front of a cheering crowd. Jones Still Leading Stars. N THE case of Bobby Jones it is not so much that Bobby has slipped or fallen away. It is the zooming pace of the field at large that has increased. Don't overlook the fact that Jones, facing the third round, still was leading such star golfers as Horton Smith, Tommy Armour, Billy Burke, Harry Cooper, Johnny Farrell, Willle Macfarlane and several others who have won golf gold and glory in the past. And he was tied up with Lawson Little, British and United States amateur champion. The grand slammer of 1930, facing his second competition in five years, has been no part of a bust when you dig beneath the top surface and look squarely at the facts. They are asking too much of any man to carry the load that has been thrown on Jones— that of matching the tornado-like sweep of those who happened to be at top stride. “I still lack confidence,” Bob told me after his round. “As strange as it may seem, I had little confidence in any tight spot I had to make while I was scoring a 33 on the first nine. Down in my heart I knew this pace couldn’t last because I wasn’t hitting the ball well enough. Any golfer knows this feeling. I wasn't sure of my timing. And I also happened to know that mere par was not going to get anywhere in this fleld. I shot par and I still lost ground to 14 players.” This is true. The Picards, Sarazens, Dutras and others have slashed the hide off par in two rounds so far, with two rounds left for Saturday and Sun- day. And they have only started to take aim and shoot. All After Eagle’s Eggs. HERE was never an open cham- pionship where Bobby Jones or any one else ever had to face such blistering speed. For example, I followed Olin Dutra, United States open champion, in his second round, where he had a 70 that might just as The California giant could have substituted a rifie for wood nndhuvnhmmflbhm- ference in results. n‘ru-.h-mmmam | THE SPORTLIGHT Bobby Jones Far From Being a Bust: Guns at Augusta. BY GRANTLAND RICE. the 525-yard second hole, and on the 490-yard fifteenth he had a 12-foot putt for another eagle that slipped by | {and cost him a 5. They are not only shooting for birdies here; they are| looking for eggs in the eagle’s nest. Take the case of Henry Picard. On/| the second nine he uncovered his bat- tery at the thirteenth hole. The ways of golf are beyond all accounting. He hooked his tee shot deep in the woods, hacked the ball out, rammed a long| iron home and sank his putt for a| | birdie 4. Then he was off and away. | He promptly tapped in three more birdies in a row in a shattering blast| that made par look like bogie at the old man’s home. When they only get par here they look like some one who has Jjust bitten into a green per- simmon. Before the tournament opened I} | picked Sarazen, Dutra and Picard as BAER NEEDS COIN AGKS THREE BOUTS | Must Lay Money on Line, He Says in Joining New York | “Debating Society.” i By the Associated Press. EW YORK, April 6—Max Baer's booming baritone adds & new voice to the conversa- tional merry-go-round revolv- | ing about a heavyweight champion- | | l | ship bout, but it can’t be said the big | | Californian has clarified the situation a bit. If anything, the scribes entrusted | with the task of discovering when, where and, above all, against whom Baer will defend his championship this year were more bewildered than | Steve Thompson, 147 pounds. OLYMPIC BOXERS FIGHT AND TRAVEL | Five Who Oppose Selected Foes Tonight Leave for St. Louis Tomorrow. AVING walked away with District Golden Gloves team boxing title for the second consecutive year recently and having enrolled five of its members in next week's national A. A. U. box- ing championships in St. Louis, | Olympic Athletic Club’s ring team tonight opposes a picked field of tal- ent in an all-star amateur boxing show at the Washington Auditorjum. Action will start at 8:30 o’clock. Utilizing whatever profits are de- rived tonight in financing three of the five boys who are to accompany Athletic Director Matt Twomey to St. Louis for the nationals tomorrow, | the Olympics are being pitted against | formidable opposition comprised main- kly of battling soldier boys from Langley Field and Fort Monroe, Va. Early tomorrow morning Twomey and five Olympic A. C. representatives are to depart for St. Louis, the boys selected to make the trip being Danny | De Rosa, 112 pounds; Eddie Saugstad, 118 pounds; Lou Gevinson, 126 pounds; Willie Feary, 135 pounds, and Saug- stad and Gevinson are making the | trip as guests of the District A. A. U., while the-remaining entries will be sponsored by the Olympic Club. Two Are Golden Glovers. \WO Golden Glovers appearing in the nationals next week battle for the Olympics tonight. Gevinson, Twomey's pick to win the national title, goes three scheduled heats with Yoddy Cecchini (Northeast Boys’ Club), while Steve Thompson is carded five rounds with Phil Scott | (Langley Field). Kirkwood Burke, Golden Gloves heavyweight champion, was with- drawn from the card last night when he declined to box to Steve Kadash of | Fort Monroe. Burke, who also ex- pects to compete in the nationals next week, feels it might jeopardize his chances in the big event at St. Louis. His substitute probably will be Bob Coughlin of the Olympic Club, runner- up to Burke in the District A. A. U. championships. Ten bouts are scheduled, seven be- ing slated for three rounds and three | for five rounds, making a total of 36 rounds. HONOR U. S. YACHTSMAN PORTSMOUTH (#).—Gerald Lam- bert, owner of the American yacht | Yankee, may be assured of traveling in the most exclusive circles while he is in England for a series of regattas next Summer. At the suggestion of the Prince of Wales, who is its commodore, the Royal Thames Yacht Club has made | kim an honorary member. ' ARMY-NAVY WOMEN LEADERS IN LINKS ;Score Impressively in Opening Tilt—Chevy Chase, Manor and Congressional Win. | RMY-NAVY COUNTRY CLUB'S ever. ‘The champion, in his best wise- golf team is away to a flying start today in the interclub team the three leaders with the better | cracking form, arrived in New York | matches among the fair golfers of the chance to win. That pick still goes, | judging by the way all three are hit- ting the ball. other interesting angles. ‘There is the battle on one side be- | tween Bobby Jones and Lawson Little. | It was the deep-chested Californian who came along to pick up where | Jones left off. After two rounds they | are tied at 146. There also is the battle | fire of young Charley Yates of At- lanta, who led the amateurs a year ago and is now one stroke in front of | Little after his brilliant 70 in the sec- ond round. Picard’s Swift Pace. O REFER once more to the pace they are setting in modern golf, take the case of Picard. He fin- ished his final round in the Atlanta tournament with a 65. He has had 67 and 68 at the Augusta national. This makes a total of 200 strokes for his last 54 holes of competition—just & mere matter of 16 under par for his last three rounds. Any one who can expect Bobby Jones or Stalin or Mus- solini or Hitler to match this stride is balmy in the bean. As Bobby Jones said to me today, “A few years ago when you missed a stroke it might possibly cost you & stroke or possibly not. Now you know it might even cost you two strokes. I used to shoot for pars. Today they are trying for eagles.” ‘Whatever happens, the stretch running on Saturday and Sunday will be one of the features of golf. ‘Ten men have a chance to beat Hor- ton Smith's winning score of 284 a year ago. But I have a feeling that Bobby Jones will hand them in one great round for old time’s sake. He called the turn when he quoted Bill Tilden as saying there is no substitute for competition. There isn't and there never will be. When there is the game is not what it should be. A good part of the inspiration of the artist comes from the perspiration of the worker. Even as it turned out, Bouwby Jones worked his way from twenty-fourth place to eighteenth place in a hurri- cane crowd. I think he will cut his way much further down. (Coplfllht 1935. North American 'WSpaper nce, Inc.) TITLE TO VIRGINIANS. Turning back the Satellites by & 37-30 score, Virginians won the sec- ond-half girls’ championship of the Community Center Basket Ball League last night at Macfarland and quali-|2 fled to meet next week in a three- rmmmemwp. ".‘.’2" yesterday with his manager, | Hoffman. Ancil ‘They found awaiting them But there are many| a delegation of promoters all anxious | | to line up championship bouts for | Max. Promoters, as a matter of fact, | were a dime a dozen. Still in a Muddle. UT after endless hours of con- versation, most of Dempsey’s Eighth avenue restau- rant, the situation was precisely as it | had been before Baer got in from Chicago. If you could belleve all the reports, it appears that Baer will fight three times this year. A First, the reports said, hell meet Jimmy Braddock, the New York State Athletic Commission’s No. 1 chal- lenger, here in June, thus completing his contractural obligations with Mad- ison Square Garden; then he’ll fight Max Schmeling somewhere in Europe; then tangle with the winner of the forthcoming Joe Louis-Primo Carnera brawl, here in September under the direction of Promoter Mike Jacobs. As a matter of fact, Baer, frankly perfectly willing to fight three times this year. The only proviso, however, is a big one. He must be certain that there will be plenty of money in any title defense he may make—and most of it must be laid on the line before he accepts any offers. “Ill fight anybody, any time, any place. as long as the money is on the line,” is the way Baer put it. hinge upon what Madison Square Gar- den decides to do. Garden in Tough Spot. HE Garden has the champion un- der contract for a June title match, but Jimmy Johnston and his associates must name a chal- lenger acceptable to Baer by April 15. If the Garden wants to hold the match in New York, Johnston must name Braddock as the challenger under or- ders of the State Athletic Commission. The Garden, however, may elect to take Baer’s title bout out of New York State. In that event, there would be possibly a wider choice of challengers. Johnston originally had planned to send Max Schmeling in against the champion, but indications now are that Schmeling, booked to meet Paulino Uzcudun in Berlin July 7, will not be ready to come to this country until September. ST. JOHN’S GOLF VICTOR. 8t. John’s golf team scored a 4-to-2 victory over Gonzaga yesterday in & Private High School League maich on the Rock Creek course. Results: Sharkey (Gonzaga) defeated Sullivan. 2 u; Kernan (St Jonn's) defeated Jarvis, ip: Myers (Bt Jonn's) defeated M. Jar: vis, 2 up; Horseman Asc John defeated lnes:”ck.nun defeated S best 201 ‘-.hne est_ball foursoms it in Jack | admitting he needs money, would be| j Baer's plans, however, necessarily | [City. Pirst teams were led in_their opening contests yesterday at Indian Spring by the service club contingent. which licked the Washington Golf and Country Club by 9! to 215. | _ Chevy Chase defeated Manor, 8 to 4; Columbia won from Woodmont by the same score; Congressional downed Kenwood, 7}; to 4!, while Beaver Dam sprang an upset win over Indian Spring by 612 to 5% ‘The matches were played in two-ball foursomes. Summaries: Chevy Chase—Mrs. Booker and Miss Clavter. 2; Miss Hacker and Mrs. Platt, 2% Mrs Hill and Mre. Blair. 272 Scuily and Miss Mackall. 1—Total. & Manor—Mrs, Pray and Mrs. Hart, Mrs. Daily and Mrs. Simons. Cooper and Miss Cramer. 'a: Mrs. 20 rsiNavy Mrs Coie and Mrs. De- Army-Navy——Mrs. 2: Mrs Hedrick and MrsM Crigp. 3 dicke, Mrs. Levy and Mrs. Jones, 1'2: ‘God= Tara g M MPeabody. i Total. 0% Washington—Mrs, Tschiffely kna Mrs. 45: Miss Kincald and Mrs. Mis ‘Goatrey and Mrs, Waldron, 2ta: Mre. Tucker and Mrs. Kelly, 3—Total. 6'2 Indian Spring—Mrs. Meckley and Mrs. Hill. 2%2; Mrs. Powers and Miss Hoover, Mrs. Knox lnd Mrs. Rost 3 Kenwood—Mrs. Walper and Mu Mc, Entee_ 21,; Mrs. Rule and Mrs, Parker, 0 Mrs. Morrill and Mrs. Longauest Perley and Mrs. Martin. 2—Tot: Columhll—\dr! Quinter and Mrs i Mrs. Marr and Mrs. Smith . Prost and Mrs. Brundage, 1! Harper and Mrs. Hall. 3. by " defauits Total. &. Wuodmon Mrs, Goldsmith and Mre. Schulm: S, T sch'(nss 1'; Beller. Av il =nd to 13th Inclusive, trains on W. B. A.. le; York Ave. N.W.. . 1230, ‘12:60, 1:10, 1:30, 2:00 p.m. DIRECT TO GRANDSTAND First Race lF you have Eczema, Ringworm or Athlete’s foot CLAYTON will give you immediate relief. CLAYTON is sold at all People’s and other good drug stores in Washing- ton, D. C. Distributed by CLAYTON P O Box 1538. Washington D. ©